Stewart Coltman
| Date of birth | 27 March 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 July 1999 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
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Stewart Coltman (27 March 1920 — 21 July 1999) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Coltman was a native of Hawick and served as an officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers in World War II.[1]
A 14–stone prop, Coltman was strong scrummager and in the immediate post war years played for Hawick RFC, which he captained for a season. He gained five Scotland caps across the 1948 and 1949 Five Nations.[2]
Coltman retired in 1950 after taking up a position with a knitwear company in New York City.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "On Leave". Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 6 February 1945.
- ^ "Expected home". Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 20 January 1953.
- ^ "Coltman Retires". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 October 1950.
External links
[edit]- Stewart Coltman at ESPNscrum